A GEOBIA Approach for Multitemporal Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Analysis in a Tropical Watershed in the Southeastern Amazon

Pedro Walfir M. Souza-Filho 1,2,* , Wilson R. Nascimento Jr. 1, Diogo C. Santos 1, Eliseu J. Weber 3, Renato O. Silva Jr. 1 and José O. Siqueira 1 1 Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, Belém PA 66055-090, Brazil; wilson.nascimento@itv.org (W.R.N.J.); diogo.correa@pq.itv.org (D.C.S.); renato.silva.junior@itv.org (R.O.S.J.); jose.oswaldo.siqueira@itv.org (J.O.S.) 2 Geosciences Institute, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Correa 1, Belém PA 66075-110, Brazil 3 Soil Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, P.O. Box 15007, Porto Alegre CEP91501-970, Brazil; eweber010@gmail.com * Correspondence: pedro.martins.souza@itv.org or Walfir@ufpa.br; Tel.: +55-091-3213-5563

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